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Health At Every Size
Health At Every Size

Health At Every Size

By Ruth Smart|2024-11-20T16:46:49+00:006 November 2024|Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, Projects|

We follow the Health at Every Size principles in our approach to food and nutrition. Read more about how we apply the Health at Every Size framework to our work

Facilitation Accessibility Tips
Facilitation Accessibility Tips

Facilitation Accessibility Tips

By Ruth Smart|2024-09-19T09:06:24+01:0010 September 2024|Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion|

Food Matters facilitate participatory sessions all over the country, online and in many different venues. Considering these questions helps us ensure your event is as accessible and welcoming as possible.

Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Review Tool
Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Review Tool

Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Review Tool

By Alex Ward|2024-10-16T16:52:33+01:004 October 2023|Building Skills, Knowledge and Confidence, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, Flagship Projects, Projects|

A framework to help food partnerships and other food sector organisations review their Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion practices

Anti-racism statement
Anti-racism statement

Anti-racism statement

By Isadora Hutcheson-Lovett|2024-09-11T11:56:22+01:0021 November 2022|Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion|

Food Matters' organisational statement on active anti-racism including our principles, guiding questions and actions to take.

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Her Wellbeing

We produce a monthly newsletter focussed on mental health and wellbeing. The newsletter is sent to all female prisons in England and Wales, with the potential to reach 3308 women and the aim of helping to support their physical and mental health. We also have a digital copy that has been adapted for women living out in the community.

“I look forward to the issues of Her Wellbeing, as they are always full of interesting info to help me live a healthy life in prison. It makes me think and change things I do to either be physically healthy and mentally healthy.” Prisoner

You can sign up to a digital version below:

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His Wellbeing

Coming Soon! We have piloted a similar His Wellbeing’ aimed at the men’s estate. Contact us if your prison is interested in receiving this.

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The newsletter can form an integral part of a prison’s health and wellbeing strategy and can help meet requirements set by HM Inspector of prisons.

Get in touch – [email protected]

Who we work with

Change is more likely to happen in a supportive culture. That’s why we work with people across the whole system. In a prison setting, our approach is holistic, so we work with health services, prison officers, management, catering and procurement staff as well as individuals serving sentences. Within government departments, we work with those responsible for policies and practice.

Outside of a prison setting, within the community, we work with disadvantaged groups and their support staff. Not only offenders and people at risk of offending, but also within the fields of:

homelessness
substance misuse
mental health
asylum seekers
women at risk and,
young people in care

If you work for a prison or other organisation and want to discuss how we could support you in changing your food system, contact [email protected]

“Food Matters Inside and Out is one of the most robust small studies in a prison that I’ve seen.”
~Wandsworth HMP, Deputy Governor

Get in touch – [email protected]

Courses

We deliver food and wellbeing courses inside the criminal justice system and out. We’ve worked with inmates and staff, young offenders, substance misusers, young mums and disadvantaged men and women.

FAB! Food and wellbeing
These courses can be run face to face or online with people inside and outside the criminal justice system. Find out more

Feel Good Food Club
This is in-cell, distance learning with a twist and is available across England. Contact [email protected] to find out more.

Course Content

Our courses include practical toolkits, healthy eating workshops, cooking courses and peer support training. They focus on:

practical skills
knowledge of eating well for physical and mental health, and;
the positive impact of cooking and sharing food socially.

All courses use motivational techniques to gently guide participants towards change. Out in the community we deliver both face to face and online sessions.

Our courses have been evaluated and found to significantly positively influence the food choices of prisoners.

“I found the [programme] very helpful to understand foods that are doing us both good and bad inside the prison. I believe the [programme] could help the whole prison system to understand their diets, to be healthier for the future.”
~ Course participant

Get in touch – [email protected]

Courses

FAB! Food and wellbeing
These courses can be run face to face or online with people inside and outside the criminal justice system. Find out more

Feel Good Food Club
This is in-cell, distance learning with a twist and is available across England. Contact [email protected] to find out more.

Course Content

Our courses include practical toolkits, healthy eating workshops, cooking courses and peer support training. They focus on:

practical skills
knowledge of eating well for physical and mental health, and;
the positive impact of cooking and sharing food socially.

All courses use motivational techniques to gently guide participants towards change. Out in the community we deliver both face to face and online sessions.

Our courses have been evaluated and found to significantly positively influence the food choices of prisoners.

“I found the [programme] very helpful to understand foods that are doing us both good and bad inside the prison. I believe the [programme] could help the whole prison system to understand their diets, to be healthier for the future.”
~ Course participant

Get in touch – [email protected]

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Distance Learning

This programme supports prisoners’ mental health and wellbeing through food-related in-cell activities. It is for anyone serving a custodial sentence. It is a positive option for the more hard-to-reach individuals who would not normally engage with education services.

The programme is fun, engaging and participatory. It comprises six modules, with a module being sent out once a month. Each module is formed of a 4-page learning leaflet and a 4-page activities leaflet. There are prizes!

Participating prisoners have the chance to be part of the Feel Good Food Club community, by submitting no-cook recipes and food tips, which appear in a special members’ section of our monthly newsletter Her Wellbeing.

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The club can form an integral part of a prison’s health and wellbeing strategy and can help meet requirements set by HM Inspector of prisons.

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